Skype or Facetime?

[We Are The Art 46]

We all know the pain of seperation and we all must find our own way of coping with it. For some, options are very limited while others are more fortunate. For us, we use Facetime every single day to stay in touch and consider it a true blessing. We tried Skype at first but found it to be unreliable and the software seems to have multiple problems which get worse with time. (I know some who use Skype daily with little or no problems) For us, Facetime has been very reliable and offers better video quality. The only time we ever have a problem is when the Wi-Fi connection is poor on my fiancee's end. (which is far too often in the Philippines)

Of course, Facetime is only available for users of Mac products like iPhone 4/5, iPod Touch, iPad 2, Mac PC's and MacBook Pro but, for those who do, I find it to be of better quality and reliability. Fortunately, there is always Skype for non-Mac users and another service called Tango which I have downloaded but have never used. I've heard Tango is pretty decent, is 3G and 4G capable, and uses less bandwidth which helps if your Wi-Fi connection is a little slow.

One limitation of Facetime is that you must have a Wi-Fi connection on both ends of the conversation, it doesn't work with a standard 3G or 4G cellular connection but I have heard that the new iOs-6 update and/or iPhone 5 are capable of using 3G or 4G connections for iPhone 4/5 & iPad 2 users. Overall I think Facetime is pretty great and we are so thankful to have it. I can not even imagine how difficult it would be to be limited to email or instant messaging, or worse, snail mail! I really sympathize with those of you who have no other options.

So, which service do you use and why?

How often do you talk to your loved one?

Have you ever used Tango? If so, what do you like and/or not like about it?

I know some also use Yahoo for video chat, do you? If so, what do you like and/or not like about it? (I'm not a fan of yahoo)

Do any of you use another video call service not mentioned above? If so, what do you like and/or not like about it?

Thanks in advance for any and all responses.

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[X Factor 1,112]

I have used Skype and what a blessing! I speak to my fiancee at least 4 times on Skype and the other times on magic jack and telephone, facebook, emails, yahoo messenger. She will be arriving next week

[X Factor 1,112]

We intially used YM video but it was very unreliable. We found Skype to be much more reliable.

[We Are The Art 46]

I have used Skype and what a blessing! I speak to my fiancee at least 4 times on Skype and the other times on magic jack and telephone, facebook, emails, yahoo messenger. She will be arriving next week

Congrats on the arrival of your fiancee' I'm sure you both are thrilled! And thanks too for the response.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I use Skype to communicate with my family back home.

[gzbabi 2]

We use QQ all the time. Very reliable and very common in China. If you have a PC though, be aware of viruses. As I am using a MAC, no problem at all.

We do video chat every day, very important during the wait.

[epsonderby 85]

Skype means I can keep in touch with my family back in the UK and friends all over the world. I had an iPhone 4 for nearly 18 months and didn't use Facetime once.

[We Are The Art 46]

Skype means I can keep in touch with my family back in the UK and friends all over the world. I had an iPhone 4 for nearly 18 months and didn't use Facetime once.

Facetime is actually great, very reliable, excellent video quality, and is a built-in feature with Mac products. You really should try it sometime.

[NikLR 13,227]

We use Skype everyday. Actually, to be honest, we just leave it on from the time we're both home until either one of us leaves to do something (like work or errands.) It's essentially on unless we're not home. I do pay good money for a bunch of bandwidth every month to be included in my cable internet service.

When we're away from home we use gtalk (we both have android phones... I will never buy an apple phone) which has a video option as well.

Facetime is actually great, very reliable, excellent video quality, and is a built-in feature with Mac products. You really should try it sometime.

Facetime requires everyone to have an Apple product (like iPod, iPhone, Macbook etc etc etc... whereas Skype is available for free, for anyone, on any device.) Its why I use Skype.

Have you ever used Tango? If so, what do you like and/or not like about it?

Do any of you use another video call service not mentioned above? If so, what do you like and/or not like about it?

I have used Tango and found it to be glitchy on the phones. We also tried using a msn video chat and it didn't have the video quality that Skype does.

[We Are The Art 46]

We use Skype everyday. Actually, to be honest, we just leave it on from the time we're both home until either one of us leaves to do something (like work or errands.) It's essentially on unless we're not home. I do pay good money for a bunch of bandwidth every month to be included in my cable internet service.

When we're away from home we use gtalk (we both have android phones... I will never buy an apple phone) which has a video option as well.

Facetime requires everyone to have an Apple product (like iPod, iPhone, Macbook etc etc etc... whereas Skype is available for free, for anyone, on any device.) Its why I use Skype.

I have used Tango and found it to be glitchy on the phones. We also tried using a msn video chat and it didn't have the video quality that Skype does.

Cool. Thanks for the info and best wishes on your Visa Journey.

[Tintin and Mike 127]

Limited Yahoo video chat for us, we both like that idea of not seeing each other much on videos (keeping the fun of seeing again next time) and both old schools but I have unlimited phone call to him

[codygrace 14]

We use Skype everyday. Actually, to be honest, we just leave it on from the time we're both home until either one of us leaves to do something (like work or errands.) It's essentially on unless we're not home.

When we're away from home we use gtalk (we both have android phones... I will never buy an apple phone) which has a video option as well.

Exactly what we normally do. Although, we haven't been able to do this the last couple weeks because we have been so busy. But normally my fiance and I skype all night and use gtalk on our phones all day. This is going to sound bad, but I can't sleep unless we're on skype. When he goes to be earlier than I do, he lets me wake him up to talk for a few mins

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

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